6 months going on 7

So I am a couple weeks late with the update on Sam and Will for their 6 month stats.  The babies are great, and they are just as sweet and fun as they can be right now. 

6 month stats

At our doctor visit they did weigh in on the light side.  They went up in the percentile charts around 3-4 months and have since dropped back down again.  Sam is in the 10th percentile and Will is in the 5th.  Our pediatrician says not to worry, this can happen when they make the move to baby food.  Although not worried, he did encourage us to get them up to 3 meals a day on baby food before the end of December.  We are up to breakfast and lunch and will likely add dinner next week.  We already sit them at the table with us playing with a toy or something just to keep them busy, so the transition should not be hard other than I only have so many hands to feed babies and myself...

Like I've said before, the boys are both sitting very well on their own.  Will rolls everywhere and I really have to watch him now.  I get nervous every time I leave the room and he is in the hearth room on the rug.  More often than not I come back and he's rolled himself, or scooted, onto the hardwoods.  The other day I found him trapped under one of the chairs to Lilli's mini cafe table.  Sam is still not rolling.  Again the pediatrician says not to worry.  Some kids I guess skip this step altogether.  Their main concern is not if they are rolling at 6 months, but if they have the muscle tone in order to do so.  Sam is a strong baby, sitting well and scooting, so I too am not really concerned about the rolling.  Really its easier on me to not have to worry about two babies rolling away on the hardwoods.  Sam is quite mobile though, he got stuck under the piano yesterday, it just takes him a little longer to get somewhere.

Over the last week we've had a few little incidents with Will.  I've weaned them from their bedtime feeding and I don't know if he reacted to that or he's just going through a phase but he's been waking around 4am or 5am and just crying.  We believe in the cry it out thing, but the first night after 45 minutes he was in hysterics and we could not take it, so I fed him.  The next night he cried for about 30-45 minutes.  We tried to give him a bottle because I can't start feeding the little guy at 4am at 6 months!  Well, he would not take the bottle from John, so we at least knew that he was not waking out of starvation.  We just put him back down and after about 15 more minutes of crying he went to sleep.  Though only for an hour and was up screaming again, I think until it was just time to get up for the day...its hard to remember now.  So over the weekend we did have a couple of good nights, he slept through again.  Then the last couple he's been waking but not crying for too terribly long.  I can't figure out if this is teeth or growing or just a baby being a baby (meaning a total flipping mystery wrapped in soft skin and snuggles).  His brother is a rock, sleeps through most of it, thank God.

Really Mom?  I know I'm handsome.

I'm smiling at you behind this toy!

Sam is generally a more docile baby.  He has his moments, especially right now because he's teething.  But he is my more serious soul.  He seems more introverted and very laid back.  This is not what I've been expecting for my A baby.  I hear the A baby is always the more dominant kid.  Will is a goof ball.  This kid has the biggest grin and will smile at you pretty much on demand, where Sam just kind of looks at you with this "what the hell do you want?" look.  Will is wirey and perceptive and interested in everything.  The two guys play together quite nicely right now, though Sam is starting to show a little of that baby A syndrome and stealing toys from Will.  Its pretty funny right now, but I'm sure in a few months it will become super annoying for me to try to appease both kids while also refusing to buy two of everything.

All in all, things are going really well around here.  They are learning to nap better every day and waking quietly and happily on their own.  Happy babies, happy Mommy.  Healthy babies, happy Mommy!